Xfce documentation licenses

[Brian J. Tarricone]

Jacqueline McNally wrote:

> Hello
>
> I am creating documentation and training material for Computer Angels 
> (www.computerangels.org.au) and Xfce features largely :)
>
> What I need to know, is which license is applicable to the existing 
> documentation:
> http://www.loculus.nl/xfce/documentation/docs-4.2/
>
> As suggested, I have looked at the different components, but many of 
> the manuals and the guide refer to several licenses (BSD, LGPL and 
> GPL). Are all these licenses applicable to the documentation?
>
> I just thought that I would use similar licensing in the event that 
> the documentation that I prepare may be of use to a wider audience.
>
> Please can you advise which license is applicable to the Xfce 
> documentation.


this is a good question.  i'm relatively sure that the docs aren't 
licensed properly.  IMHO, they _should_ be licensed under somehing like 
the GNU FDL[1], or maybe a creative commons license[2].  BSD/LGPL/GPL 
just aren't really appropriate for docs (well, BSD could be i guess, but 
not the others).  but since i've written only a small amount of the 
documentation, it's up to the respective authors do decide what to do 
for their docs.

anyway, for your stuff, i'd recommend the GNU FDL.

    -brian

[1] http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html
[2] http://creativecommons.org/